Mayors foreword
GENERAL PROPERTY VALUATION
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- PROGRESS Establishment of valuation appeal boards
- 2.6.4 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
- 2.6.5 LAND REFORM AND SETLLEMENT PLANS GWENTSHE AND CUNTSULA (WARD 13) ELLIOTDALE
- MAXELEGWINI AND MBOYA (WARD 25 11) WILLOWVALE)
- BOLOTWA AND LENCANE The project involves formalization of rural areas by means of proper planning and surveying. PROGESS
- 2.6.6 LAND USE CONTROL WILLOWVALE COMMONAGE INVASION
- REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES: DUTYWA
- RENOVATION OF THE MUNICIPAL HOUSES AND BUILDINGS
- ACQUISITION OF HOUSES FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
- LAND USE MANAGEMENT REZONING
- RELOCATION OF EZIFAMA, NGUBETHOLE AND GPO INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
- 2.6.7 ILLEGAL MINING ( sabhunga).
- 2.6.8 TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 2.6.8.1 Construction of Roads
- ROAD NAME AREA COVERED STATUS
2.6.3 GENERAL PROPERTY VALUATION Redemption estates have also been appointed to undertake this task that will see us through the next five years beginning July 2008. Property rates are paid based on values of properties, therefore it is essential to review market values every fourth year. The new Municipal Property Rates Act no.6 of 2004 requires that all municipalities implement it by 1st July 2008 and those not ready to implement is exempted until 1st July 2009. Our services provider, Redemption Estate, has come up with a total number of erven for all three units. A summary of the 2009 valuation roll is provided below,
PROGRESS Establishment of valuation appeal boards The MEC for local government has, by notice in the provincial Gazette, established a valuation appeal board in the district as may be necessary, but not fewer than one in each district municipality. The functions of an appeal board are- (a) to hear and decide appeals against the decisions of a municipal valuer concerning objections to matters reflected in, or omitted from, the valuation roll of a municipality in the area for which it was established in terms of section 56; and (b) to review decisions of a municipal valuer submitted to it in terms of section 52 2.6.4 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK A need of an SDF plan is to provide the municipality with a tool to assist in arriving at informed developmental decisions to ensure sustainable development decisions and management of its future land development. PROGRESS The approved Spatial Development Framework Plan (SDF) has been adopted by the council. We have appointed a service provider to review the current SDF in order for it to talk to current challenges and developments. An approved Draft copy of SDF for 2010/11 has been submitted for review and additions where necessary by various departments. An SDF for the year 2011/ 2012 has been completed and adopted by council in March 2011. 2.6.5 LAND REFORM AND SETLLEMENT PLANS GWENTSHE AND CUNTSULA (WARD 13) ELLIOTDALE The project involves formalization of rural areas by means of proper planning and surveying. The project is monitored by the Amathole District Municipality. PROGRESS The project is in the initial phases. Messrs. Tshani consultants a firm of professional planners and Messrs. Palmer Flatela a firm of professional land surveyors has been both appointed by the ADM to provide planning and survey services. MAXELEGWINI AND MBOYA (WARD 25 &11) WILLOWVALE) The project involves formalization of rural areas by means of proper planning and surveying. The project is monitored by the Amathole District Municipality. PROGRESS The project is at an advanced stage and the appointed professional planner, Mark Roberts has presented the proposed layouts plan for the area. The challenge of the project is that the appointed planner has discovered that some of the planned sites have encroached municipal land. The project has been approved by Mbhashe Local Municipality. It will now be submitted to the DLG&TA in Bhisho. BOLOTWA AND LENCANE The project involves formalization of rural areas by means of proper planning and surveying. PROGESS The project is at an advanced stage and Nzelenzele, Preston and Medcalf the appointed land surveyor are through with planning and are about to apply to the DHLG for surveying of the areas. The municipality has requested the service provider to make a presentation on the nature of the application to the DHLG. The project is awaiting an approval from Townships Board. 2.6.6 LAND USE CONTROL WILLOWVALE COMMONAGE INVASION In the past few years the residents of rural areas surrounding Willowvale commonage illegally demarcated sites from the municipal commonage for themselves. The municipality then appointed Messrs. Majeke, Mjali &Co who obtained a court order evicting the transgressors. The are new land invasions from the Maxelegwini side which are taking place. Messrs Majeke , Mjali and Co are currently busy with the court papers in order to obtain a final court interdict evicting these illegal occupiers. The council should however take note of the fact that some of these people have decided to fight this court interdict. PROGRESS The appointed attorneys are working towards obtaining a court order evicting the invaders. The first batch of houses have been demolished in Mid October 2010
Some of the buildings are at a state of decay REMEDIAL ACTION Those who have abandoned their conditions of leases, a process of canceling their leases and \ or demanding full settlement of their arrears have been initiated and we await results soon. ACQUISITION OF HOUSES FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS The department has begun a process of identifying houses belonging to other departments or parastatals that are unused or less productive. These departments mostly owe the municipality monies for rates and services running to millions of rands. As we are all in the mission of service delivery we tried to find common ground of bailing each other out of the crisis. One example is a proposal by TRANSIDO that the municipality writes off their debts and in turn they transfer their properties in the three units to the municipality for small business development purposes. This has been accepted by Council and the transfer has been finalised. Public Works have several buildings within our three Municipal Units. The majority of these buildings are in a state of decay. The departments have promised to dispose some of these buildings to the municipality, however the negotiations are still in place. CHALLENGES These houses and buildings are mostly in a state of decay and will be expensive to renovate or reconstruct. They are all illegally occupied by people who are neither paying rent nor rates to either the municipality or their landlords. We may meet resistance in evicting them which may lead to costly litigation.
The municipality together with Transido is currently engaging occupants and discussing their future and future relations. Despite communication difficulties with the Department of Public Works, the department is patiently initiating talks with them with the purpose of persuading them to follow the Transido route. Still finalizing the register list for Willowvale and Elliotdale. RENTAL HOUSING Dutywa town in particular is unbearably over populated. This has burdened the infrastructural planning in town more especially sewerage, roads and electricity. This is a result of an unexpected increase of schools around town. Residents responded by converting their residential houses into boarding hostels. A scenario is a four roomed house we visited which was converted to house 40 students and each paying R400-00 per month, 10 sharing a room and ranging in ages from 10 years to 20 years, and of different genders. Crime has since escalated, employees have been left stranded and without accommodation and having to resort to staying in surrounding rural areas. Original shack dwellers have left their shacks to let them to students up to as much as R300-00 per month CHALLENGES Urban sprawl coupled with shack mushrooming Lack of rental housing in particular for local employees. Resultant urgent need for infrastructural improvement. Delays by the Ezifama shack dwellers, such as vacating of the site, etc PROGRESS The following development proposals have been initiated and approved by council. Construction of a middle income housing project at the place currently known as Ezifama (shacks on the left hand side from Dutywa to Butterworth. This project is at an advanced stage. The first phase of this project which is the construction of show houses has been completed. Two houses next to the disaster building have been completed for people to view them. Construction of bachelor flats to complement the middle income housing. Construction of a student village next to or beyond the new health center / King Hintsa FET. LAND USE MANAGEMENT REZONING The department of land and housing has embarked on a process of finalizing the land use regulation document by means of a proper land use zones. This project will help minimizing the illegal use zones as per individual erven. Plans have been adopted by Mbhashe Council. They will be published in the Government Gazette wherewich after they will be enforced. SUBDIVISIONS The department is currently busy with the surveying of all land that has not been surveyed. The objective is to allocate the erf number to all municipal owned land and to regulate illegal demarcation of municipal commonage. RELOCATION OF EZIFAMA, NGUBETHOLE AND GPO INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS The Council has approved the relocation of shacks from Ezifama, G.P.O and Ngubethole School to eastern side of Goven Mbeki Township, and money to meet relocation costs and light infrastructural services has been budgeted for. The area where the shacks are to be placed has been measured and fenced so to control the sprawl of shacks and also to give protection to shack owners. However, negotiations about the date for relocation are still in place with the affected parties, in this case, the shack owners. 2.6.7 ILLEGAL MINING ( sabhunga). It has come to the attention of the municipality that an illegal mining activity is taking place within the boundaries of the institution. CHALLENGE It is difficult to monitor the site during the night as some of the miners enter the site at night. REMEDIAL ACTION Land and Housing Department has decided to fence the site and put in the locked gate with a clear mark stating that, PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESS PASSING. 2.6.8 TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 2.6.8.1 Construction of Roads Municipality has limited resources to fund construction and rehabilitation of access roads. The construction and rehabilitation of access roads within Mbhashe Municipal area is mainly funded by Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG). In addition to that a few of the roads within Municipal area are proclaimed and are taken care by the provincial government. The MIG annual allocation allows doing construction/rehabilitation of only about 15 to 20 km of access roads and couples of LED projects per year. The situation of understaffing of Technical Services Department has improved which in turn contributes to the improvement of project implementation and maintenance work during the period of late 2009-10 and 2010-11 fiscal years. The department has spent 83% of 2009-10 allocation by 30 June 2010 which shows an increase of 20% from the expenditure of 60% in 2008-09 by June 2009. The MIG expenditure has greatly improved in 2010-11 fiscal year. The current level of expenditure is at 91% of 2010-11 allocation as of 31 December 2010. It could improve further if the adjudication of tendered projects is done as scheduled. Inspite of having this improvement the department is still working hard to complete some of the backlog projects, like Msikithi Access Roads, LED projects like Visitors Information Centre, Vegetable Processing Plant due challenge in shortfall of Funds. Currently, the Department is working on 63 projects for the period of 2010-13 and backlogs till 2009-10. The detailed status is given below: The expenditure status of 2010-11 MIG allocation as of 31 October 2010 is given hereunder: 
Status of identified backlog roads:
Provincial proclaimed roads and their condition:
There are several projects that could benefit from these roads being surfaced, e.g. Kobb-Inn/Gcalekaland Cultural Centre, Qatywa and Nkanya Lodges, Dwesa/Haven Hotel Development etc. In addition to the above the Department of Roads and Public works has agreed to start the Willowvale – Dwesa Road during the current financial year. After having discussions with the department the Municipality has already appoint a Consultants to do the design and construction supervision. Signing of agreement with the Consultants and Memorandum of Understanding with the department are under process and are expected to be done by the end of November 2010. The project is estimated to complete by 3 years (2014). Yüklə 2,37 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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